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Clinton County taxpayers deserve answers and accountability at June 30 TCC meeting

Michele Whitney Lock Haven In 2024, Clinton County residents raised serious concerns about the Keystone Central School District (KCSD) Tax Office and the Clinton County Earned Income Tax Collection Committee (TCC), as revealed through Right-to-Know (RTK) documents. These public records can be accessed at tinyurl.com/kcsdtaxoffice. The findings suggest a troubling lack of transparency in a proposal to outsource $40 million in local tax collection to Keystone Collections Group, a for-profit company in Irwin, PA. Private communications among KCSD employees, including former Tax ...

TDS

Kathryn V. McFate Loganton I am a senior. I have TDS as my carrier for the internet and landline. I have another phone. Last month we were out of the phone and internet for three days. Again, we have another outage for another three days. During these outages some people in Sugar Valley cannot call 911, cannot access their accounts and are virtual prisoners of a company that has no problem taking our money. It has gone off and on again. Just because we live in the country, we again get punished by another company more interested in themselves than the public. This needs to ...

Disrespecting Americans

Rebecca Sheerin Pittsburgh It’s one thing to disagree about policy. It’s another to crush and devalue people with different views. That is precisely what President Trump and fellow Republicans are doing. Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, showed her disdain for Californians. During her recent press conference, officers forcibly removed Senator Padilla when he asked a question. It’s important to note what elicited Padilla’s action. Noem said that federal authorities planned to increase operations in Los Angeles to “liberate” the city from its “socialist” ...

Trump loves the military and America

Arthur Keller Beavertown I asked myself, why were the New York Military Academy cadets at President Trump’s inauguration? So, I did a little digging. Pres. Trump attended the New York Military Academy junior/senior high school reaching the rank of Captain, lettering in a variety of sports (baseball, football, soccer), and was an Honor Cadet for four years. Perhaps this is where his love for the military began. The Washington Post stated Trump’s best sport was baseball, a passion that inspired him at 12. He was a right-handed power hitter by sixth grade, not inclined to bunt, but ...

No kings

Willa Adams Boalsburg Straight from our Declaration of Independence, the founders of the United States declared independence from England’s King George III for, among other things, the following reasons: “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good” “He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.” “He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these ...

Birds of a feather

Mary Bruce Serene State College HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has vowed to find the cause of autism by September 2025. To lead this ambitious endeavor, Kennedy hired David Geier, who has no medical license or scientific training. Unfortunately for the American public, Mr. Geier has a track record of harming children and manipulating data. David’s father, Dr. Mark Geier, claimed that injections of Lupron, a testosterone-suppressant approved for prostate cancer and ovarian fibroids, was a “miracle drug” for children with autism. The Cleveland Clinic decried the quack ...